For example, each key in the octave C1-B1 triggers a different drum loop, next octave up, in C2-B2, the keys trigger bass parts, and the upper three octaves are each dedicated to other individual instrumental parts. You enable Loop Mix mode with the press of a button, after which each octave on the keyboard is used to select a loop from a different category. This is somewhat akin to the auto-accompaniment features found on arranger keyboards from the likes of Yamaha and Casio.
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When we showed a 14 year old musical ingenue how to jam along to her favourite three-chord wonders from the playlist on her phone, she was instantly hooked, and moved to admit that she now wished she’d taken Music as a GCSE instead of History - quite a result! The GO-61K also features MIDI via Bluetooth, enabling it to be used wirelessly as a controller for apps like GarageBand, for instance.Īnother unique selling point for the GO-61K is the Loop Mix function. Once connected, you can stream audio from your device through the speakers in the GO-61K and play along using the currently selected sound. Pairing the keyboard to a nearby device, such as a mobile phone or tablet, is simple to achieve.
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If you’re thinking of getting one of these for a child or teenager to start out on, let’s just say that the Bluetooth features are a big selling point. If you’re thinking of getting one of these for a child or teenager to start out on, let’s just say that the Bluetooth features are a big selling point Having the octave shift control buried in this menu is especially frustrating - we would have preferred to have a dedicated pair of buttons on the panel for this, as found on the GO-61P. If you go past the setting you want, there’s no going back - you just have to keep on clicking through the numerous options until cycle back round to your chosen destination parameter. We found ourselves wishing for a hardware pitch and modulation bender, as found on many Roland synths, to take care of real time performance duties, although the pads do double up as filter / note repeat FX controllers.Īlso, many parameters, from the overall reverb level to the unit’s Bluetooth status to the currently selected octave, are buried in a chain in the Setting menu, accessed by repeatedly clicking a single button. The performance touch pad controls are a little harder to get to grips with, the pitch bend and modulation proving somewhat laggy. That’s not to say that we didn’t come up against a few niggles. Roland GO:PIANO GO-61P (opens in new tab)
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